Re: UVW (was: Lingo)

From: "Steg Belsky" <draqonfayir@...>
>Muke Tever <alrivera@...> writes:
>> ObConlang:
>> Ibran for "There is a wild dog in my trousers":
>> "C'êt un chàn seuvauge dént miens pantålounes..."
>> ["tSEt: E~"Z&~zEvwOdZ dEnT m_jin:"pA~tlun:]
>
>In the word "seuvauge", the sequence |uv| is pronounced [vw]?  That's
>pretty cool... how does it work like that?
Not quite :\   It's worse than that, actually.

The sequence |eu| is pronounced [E].  (it being from a former front-rounded
vowel)
|v| is pronounced, unexcitingly, [v] here.
|au| is pronounced [wO].  (it goes: [AU] > [o:] > [wO])

Hmm, but still, |uva| gets pronounced [vw], which is aspiring to Maggelity (or
maybe just Etabnannery?)right there...  (right next to |un| being [E~], which
I
quite like..., and "foot" vs. "feet" is |pey| vs. |peyes| on paper, but [pe]
vs.
[pjV] in your mouth... I liked |cour| being [kwV] in the last exercise, its
plural is [kuXr]!)

And *this* is why Ibran cries for spelling reform...

    *Muke!
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